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A young driver has been caught doing 246km/h on the motorway north of Dijon. He was fined €750 and banned on the spot.
A DRIVER has been fined €750 and banned after being caught doing 246km/h (153mph) on the motorway.
The 29-year-old, from Luxembourg, had gone through a radar trap in his Mercedes at 176km/h and was then caught a few minutes later by gendarmes doing 246km/h on the A31/E21 autoroute between Dijon and Nancy at Rolampont, Haute Marne.
He was banned on the spot and had to get a friend to drive his car away.